Live-Action Fly Me to Saitama Sequel Film Reveals 7 More Cast Members – News

Flag Pictures revealed seven further solid members for the dwell-motion sequel movie Tonde Saitama ~Biwako Yori Ai o Komete~ (Fly Me to Saitama: From Lake Biwa With Love, an obvious homage to the James Bond novel and movie From Russia with Love) on Monday.

The newly introduced solid consists of (from prime left to backside proper, in picture above):

Previously introduced solid consists of:

Gackt and Fumi Nikaidō return from the primary film as Rei Asami and Momomi Dannoura, respectively. Ryō Katō, Tsubasa Masuwaka, Maju Ozawa, and Shoko Nakahara may even return within the movie as Nobuo Shimokawa, Okayo, Sazae, and Awabi, respectively.

The sequel movie will premiere in Japan on November 23. The movie was delayed from its unique deliberate opening final yr. The workers had put its manufacturing on maintain following lead actor Gackt‘s announcement of an indefinite hiatus in September 2021. The hiatus was due to an early onset neurological illness that was progressing right into a “life-threatening situation,” leading to dysphonia (dysfunction of the voice). Gackt introduced in May 2022 that he was steadily recovering bodily, and the movie resumed manufacturing in October 2022.

The sequel movie facilities on the second part of the “Japan Saitamization Plan” of the Saitama Liberation Front led by Rei Asami (Gackt) and Momomi Dannoura (Nikaidō). Seeking higher freedom and peace, the group heads to the Kansai area within the west, the place an incident between the east and west will spark a fierce battle.

The first Tonde Saitama (Fly Me to Saitama) movie opened in Japan in February 2019. The film bought 191,000 tickets for 259,038,800 yen (about US$2.33 million) on in its opening weekend to prime the Japanese field workplace.

Maya initially launched the one-quantity manga in Hakusensha‘s Hana to Yume journal in 1982. Takarajimasha revealed a brand new compiled model of the manga in 2015 titled Kono Manga ga Sugoi! comics Tonde Saitama. The manga has over 660,000 copies in print. Maya additionally created the Patalliro! comedy manga that impressed a number of anime tasks.

Source: Press launch